Mausoleum.



0. EIBRYAN. MAUSOLEUM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 27, 1913.

I 1,083,660. I Patented Jan.6,1914.

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MAUsoLnUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Application filed August 27, 1913. Serial No. 786,862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Olson. E. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l\'lausoleums, of which the-following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a combined ventilating and disinfecting apparatus for the crypts of mausoleums.

Among the objects of this invention are to provide means whereby each crypt may be provided with a suitable outlet for gases, such outlet beingpreferably through a liquid seal in which the liquidconsists of some disinfecting or de-odorizing solution or compound; to provide means whereby a plurality of crypts may be vented through a common outlet pipe or system of pipes; to provide means whereby one or more of a plurality of connected outlet devices for different crypts may be closed and then opened as the crypts are put'in 0 use; and in general to provide such an improved ventilating and disinfecting system. as will appear more fully from the following specification.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention; Figure 1 is a sectional View of a mausoleum .showing'the crypts provided with my improved system; Fig.2 is a detail of one of the disinfectant receptacles or seals with which each crypt is supplied; and, Fig. 3 is a detail showing a modified form of the receptacle or. seal. 1

As indicated in Fig. 1, 4, 4, represent plurality of super-imposed crypts as ordinarily arranged in a mausoleum, each crypt is provided with a receptacle or liquid, seal 5, such as indicated in Fig. 2 for receiving any suitable disinfecting or de-odoriz ing liquid, such as formaldehyde or other suitable material. These receptacles are preferably embedded in the side walls of the crypts, as indicated in Figs. 1 and"3, and are provided with inlet pipes 6,'wh1ch extend intothe inner portion of the crypt. These pipes are connected to the bottoms of the receptacles 5 and, in the. form shown in Figs. 1 open, these ends terminating adjacent to the top of the receptacles.

receptacle 5 is provided with an upwardly and 2, their upper ends are left' The top of the extending pipe 7, which connects with branch p pes 8 and/i). The pipe 8 leads to a convenient point within the building for pouring in liquid and is provided-with a,

cap or closure 10. The pipe 9 leads to any suitable place for permitting the escape of gases. A plurality of these pipes may for instance be connected to a commonpipe 11 leading to the outer atmosphere. The lower I end 'of the pipe 7 connects with a subst antially horizontal pipe. 12, as by means of a T 13. One branch or end 14 of the lpipe 12 terminates within the casing or receptacle 5 and is provided with a valve'lo having its stem 16 passing out through the-casing and into the inner area of the crypt so that the valve may be operated from within the crypt.- The other branch or end 17 of the pipe '12 extends out through. the side ofthe receptacle 5 where it connectswith a pipe 18, which pipe leads down and connects "with a pipe 12 of thenextlower receptacle 5', these connections being continued down to the bottom of the series. The end 17 of the pipe 12 of the lowermost receptacle is connectedlwith an overflow or indicatorpipe 19, which leads to a convenient point at the botton'iof the mausoleum where it is provided witha 'cap or closure 20. It will be understood that all of the 7 connections of the pipe withthef receptacle .5 or where they passthrou-gh the same are substantially air-tight, and such receptacle may be made in any desired manner.

The operation of the device is as follows:

Assuming that. all of the valves 15 are closed inthe first instance, and ueer more bodies areplaced ,in .any of the crypts of'a'vertical series, then the valves 15 in's'uch crypts are opened and a sufiicient amount of formaldehyde or suitable fluid is poured iirthrough the pipe 8'to substantiallyfill theareceptacles 5 in which the valves have been opened. The pipes 12 are preferablygiven a slight pitch so that the ends 14 are a little lower than the ends 17 ,but not sufiicienl'ly lower so that the liquid in the receptacle would seal the open end 14." The liquid then running down the pipe 7 will pass out through the open end 14 until the top receptacle 5 is filled to a'level approximately -.co-inciding with the bottom of the opening through the pipe 12. The liquid then overflows through the pipe 12 and down the pipe 18, and then passes into the next receptacle if the valve thereof isopen. If-such valve is not open it then passes down until; it comes to a receptacle having such valve open and when all of the receptacles with their ,valves open have been filled, the overflow will run down through the pipe 19, where it may be observed by having the cap removed and ,the attendant will then be aware that all of the proper receptacles have been filled. The cap 20 is then replaced. With the valve 15 open and the receptacle filled with liquid up to the 1 pipe 12, or approximately thereto, it will benoted that there is a free outlet passageway through the connected pipes- 7, 12and 18, from any of the receptacles. If any gases are formed in any ofthe crypts-thus provided, which crypts are sealed so that they "are substantiallyair-tigh't, they will be permitted to escape down through the pipe 6, then through the liquid in the receptacle 5 and out through the pipes 7, 9 and 11 from the top receptacle or outthrough such pipes and the pipes 12 and .18 from any lower receptacle. It is assumed, of course, that the pressure of the gas in the crypt will be suflicient to force the same out through such liquid seal, but t-he depth of the seal may be regulated by the location of the connection from the lower end ofthe pipe 6. It will also be noted that the pipe 6 being partially filled with the disinfecting liquid, a certain amount thereof may evaporate and escape into thecrypt's.

- From the foregoing description it will be I seen that the crypts are provided 'with a common outlet which consists in this par-' ticular instance, of the series" of pipes 18 leading from one crypt to another, the pipe 7 the connecting pipes'12, and the necessary fittings for the various connections. This before being allowed to escape in the atmosphere. Such solution may also be'replenished at any time by again pouring liquid in through the pipe 8 until it fills the receptacles in which the valves have been opened, in the manner above described. a a

In the slightly modified form of device shown .in Fig. 3, the receptacle 5 is provided with substantially the same pipe connections, as above described, but the valve is omitted from the end of the pipe 12. The pipe 6 is provided with a plug 2'1 at itsupper 'end and when one of the crypts is to be used, such plug is removed and liquid poured in through the open end of this pipe until a desired amount is placed in the receptacle. If

no liquid is intended'to escape through the pipe 12, the upper end of the pipe 21 may be below such pipe, for instance at a pointindicated at a, so that the attendant cannot fill the receptacle to a point above the upper end of this pipe. liquid inlet pipe 22 may be connected with If desired, an additional" the receptacle 5 and extended out beyond the front wall of the crypt so that additional liquid may be supplied to the receptacle after the crypt has been sealed. In suchcase the pipe 22 is provided with a plug or closure 23 at its outer end for closing the same.

It will, be observed that other changes in the details of construction may suggest themselves, which will come within the spirit of this invention, and therefore, I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction or arrangement herein shown and described, except as specified in the appended claims, in which I claim:

1. In a mausoleum, the combination of a .plurality of crypts, a common outlet from 7 said crypts having openings into each crypt, valves for'said openings, liquid seals interposed between said openings and the crypts,

and means for supplying liquid tosaid seals through said common outlet.

2. A ventilating apparatus for mausoleums, comprising the combination with a plurality of super-imposed crypts, of receptacles for each crypt having pipes lead-- ing from the bottomsthereof, upwardly with their upper ends opening into the crypts, substantially horizontal :pipes in the upper ends of said receptacles, one end of each of said pipes-extending out through the wall of the receptacle, and the other end openingin the receptacle,.valvs for said open ends, pipes leading upwardly from said honzoutal pipes, the upwardly extending pi e from the top receptacle leading to a suite 1e point for discharging gases and also having means for pouring liquid therein, the upwardly extending pipe from the other receptacles being connected with the outer ends of the horizontal pipes of the next receptacles and .an overflow or observation outlet pipe from the'horizontal pipe of the lowermost receptacle, the arrangement being such that when a valve in any receptacle is opened and liquid poured in from the top pipe, it will fill said receptacle until the liquid overflows through the horizontal "pipe, such receptacles then furnishing means whereby gases may escape through the connected mosphere.

pipes to the outer at- 3. In an apparatus of the character set forth, the combination with a plurality of super-imposed crypts, of connected pipes for forming scommon uutlet conduit, 0pen for closing communicatiun from; the vcrypts mgs.fr0m said pipes leaiing to the respecthrough said receptacles and outlet pipes. tive crypts receptacles or inclosin each v v l w of said opeiiings, vent pipes frqm the crypts CECIL BRYAN 5 leading to points adjacent to'the bottoms of Witnesses:

said receptacles, means for. supplying disin- WM. O. STRIPE fecting liquid to said receptacles,xand means IRENE FORREST.

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